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Virginia man thanks first responders for saving his life

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 May

Shane South who is a resident of Lynchburg Virginia suffered a heart attack on Sunday March 15 when Shane had called 911 to tell the operator that he was having chest pains. Firefighters from the Lynchburg Fire Department came to...

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Police officers save a man who suffered an illness at a restaurant in New York

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 15 Apr

Three police officers from the Westbury Police Department in New York answered an emergency call on Tuesday Match 17 when a 75 year old man named Phillip Amico who suffered a heart attack at a diner. Westbury Police Officer John...

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Police officer in Indianapolis uses medical first aid to assist a heart attack victim

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 Apr

Indiana State Police Trooper Lieutenant Jeff Hearon answered an emergency call on Tuesday afternoon when he stopped to check on a disabled auto on Interstate 70 when he saw an 82 year old woman suffering from a heart attack while...

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A heart attack victim meets his heroes at a fire station in Georgia

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 26 Feb

A Georgia man named Brian who was playing pickleball in Alpharetta Georgia in December suffered a heart attack in December had the assistance of a bystander who performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the heart attack...

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Buffalo man receives an award for saving the life of a colleague who fell ill

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Feb

Lowe's hardware store employee Jerry Breen was at the right place at the right time in Buffalo New York when he saw his colleague Jim Schroeder suffered a heart attack inside of the store on Tuesday November 18, Jerry used...

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Police officers credited for saving the life of a man who suffered a heart attack

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Jan

Two Solon Ohio Police Officers named Sergeant Alex Leimeister and Patrolman DJ Sheldon answered an emergency call on Monday December 15 when a man suffered a heart attack at a manufacturing plant in the break room. Both police...

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Cousins 80th Birthday ….lets raise a glass ….

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11265) • United Kingdom 8 Oct

So today is the 80th Birthday of my Dads cousin….Alan. We received an invitation for a meal out from him earlier in the year. We were happy to say yes, we would love to go. Alan used to ring Dad every week when he was ill and he...

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Off duty San Antonio firefighter saves the life of a teenager at an ice hockey rink

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Sep

Mike Leroy who is a firefighter in San Antonio Texas was at the right place at the right time on Tuesday August 12 when a 16 teen year old ice hockey player named Graedy Renmeka who suffered a heart attack while he was playing...

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Young girl uses CPR to save her dad who suffered a heart attack

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Dec 24

Vada Carawan is grateful that she learned Cardio Pulmonary training or CPR when she was with the Girl Scouts in Virginia Beach Virginia since the lessons came in handy when her father suffered a heart attack on Saturday November...

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Heart Attack Self Care (Do You Know If This Works?)

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3447) • United States 7 Apr 24

I read earlier that if you are having a heart attack and are alone with no one to give you critical care, you should force yourself to cough (and breathe deeply) to get oxygen until help arrives or you can get to a hospital....

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More Health Issues for Me

Karen Hellier @Kouponkaren (5497) • United States 1 Apr 24

I posted here on January 27th that I had had a major health setback on January 5th. It was a heart attack. I had such anxiety about it happening again that I couldn't talk or even write about it. It was a very unusual type of...

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Another learning curve for us - all about defibrillators

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb 24

On Saturday morning, we attended a very informative, two-hour First Aid clinic at our clubrooms. We were taught how to do compressions on adult and toddler dummies but what I really wanted to share most was all about the...

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Tribute To My BFF

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 27 Dec 23

I met Gini Sampson when I was in junior high and chumming with her younger sister. Betty brought me up to the big barn of a house she lived in with her family. Along with 4 brothers, she has a younger sister, Lilly, and an older...

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41 year old Cardiologist dies of a heart attack

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 7 Jun 23

A Cardiologist form Gujarat, India who is known to have performed well over 16000 heart surgeries dies of a heart attack. He gets home from duty one night and the family finds him unconscious the next morning. They take him to...

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Heart attack survivor meets his heroes in Nebraska

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Mar 23

Thomas Watt who resides in Omaha Nebraska with his wife and his five year old daughter was on his way home from the airport on Interstate 80 when he was behind the wheel of his auto when he suffered a heart attack. Thomas passed...

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High school cheerleader making a recovery after she suffers a heart attack

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 26 Mar 23

Keianna Joe who is 17 years old is making a recovery from a heart attack that she suffered while she was warming up during a cheerleading competition in Raleigh North Carolina with her mates in a Sanford school on Sunday March...

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11 year old girl honored by Catlettsburg City Officials for saving her grandma who fell ill

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Mar 23

Aubrey Johnson who is 11 years of age was honored by Catlettsburg Mayor Faith Day during at a council meeting n Tuesday by having Tuesday "Aubrey Johnson Day." Aubrey who likely learned CPR either in school or from her relatives...

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Got some "bad" news earlier.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68211) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 31 Jan 23

About thirty minutes ago I got a message from our friend's mom. To catch anyone up, we have a very good friend who had a heart attack around thanksgiving. Made a pretty good recovery and then suffered a stroke about 2 or 3 weeks...

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Update on our friend who had a stroke

April @thislittlepennyearns (68211) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 20 Jan 23

I updated last week when he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. At that point we we're left with a lot of questions and there was a lot of unknown. I really wish that I could tell you that he's doing better and is home....

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Police officer saves the life a heart attack victim in Georgia

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122076) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 9 Nov 22

A Powder Springs officer is being praised for doing his job to save a runner who suffered a heart attack while running on the Silver Comet Trail on Saturday afternoon. Powder Springs Police Officer Carson Yates answered the...

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